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Collection by Charles Baldwin
Aeon+Psyche
The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look
5 min · · From Diogenes to Jane Goodall, the hypersane seem mad to the mainstream but perhaps they see more deeply than the sane · Shared by 262, including Guy Kawasaki, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, 瑞拿頭, Charles Baldwin, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Vaughan Bell
The New York Times
The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism
20+ min · · Sweden was long seen as a progressive utopia. Then came waves of immigrants — and the forces of populism at home and abroad. · Shared by 152, including Brad Brooks, Richard Deitsch, zeldman, Barnaby Skinner, Armin Wolf, Jane, Thomas Power, isaac Samuel, Auf der Isar gibt es keine Matrosen, nur Flößer., Christian Müller, Azeem Azhar, luis antónio santos, ❤️ Umair, Clemens M. Schuster, Joe Germuska, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Mike Butcher, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The New Yorker
The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
20+ min · · Can a human touch make Silicon Valley’s biggest discussion forum a more thoughtful place? · Shared by 167, including mdy, Gianfranco Palumbo, Harpreet Singh, Esther Schindler, Martin Stabe, Builtvisible, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Michael Gisiger, Gustaf Alströmer 🇺🇦, Bjorn Larsen, Tomio Geron, Carl Morris, Jack Cross, Charles Baldwin, Mathew Ingram, Gerd Leonhard
Chrome Developers
Native lazy-loading for the web
8 min · · This post covers the loading attribute and how it can be used to control the loading of images and iframes. · Shared by 166, including Joe Lencioni, Chris {he, they} , David Hellmann, ITNEXT, Charles Baldwin, #MuskOut (not parody), Diego Paladino, Ⓓarío Macchi, Joost de Valk, John Mueller (official) · Not #30D, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Damian J Mullins, Alligator.io 🐊, Yoav Ganbar (🥑 Builder.io/Qwik), Baadier Sydow 🇿🇦, sascha aßbach, Dion Almaer, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Fabricio Teixeira, Rodrigo Noales
MIT Technology Review
Sorry, scooters aren’t so climate-friendly after all
2 min · · Bird boasts that its dockless electric scooters allow customers to “cruise past traffic and cut back on CO2 emissions—one ride at a time.” Its rival Lime claims the vehicles “reduce dependence on… · Shared by 148, including Moritz Meenen, Vikram Dutt, Dr. Nettra Pan 👁, Bernhard Huessy, Tom Connor, Charles Baldwin, Gerrit Eicker, Bertrand Maltaverne, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Mike Butcher, Esther Schindler, Ian M Calvert, Antonio Vieira Santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, DonDahlmann, Frederic Filloux, Fabrizio Bianchi
The New York Times
The Problem With Greta Thunberg’s Climate Activism
5 min · · Her radical approach is at odds with democracy. · Shared by 86, including ❤️ Umair, Mike Butcher, Katja Evertz, Claudia Sommer, Glyn Britton, Charles Baldwin, Frederic Filloux, Stephanie A Kowalski, Thomas Power, Liliane Ferrari ™, felix salmon
Bellingcat
The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror
6 min · · On August 3, 2019, at around 11am local time, initial police reports indicated that a gunman had walked into an El Paso Wal-Mart and opened fire. As of the publication of this article, at least… · Shared by 99, including Fern, Rick Powell, Janosch Tröhler, luis antónio santos, Charles Baldwin, Jane, Liliane Ferrari ™, Glyn Britton, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Gerrit Eicker, Mark Kaigwa
The New York Times
Brazil’s far-right leader slashes Amazon protections, and forest begins to fall
7 min · · Brazil had previously tried to portray itself as a leader in protecting the Amazon and fighting global warming. Between 2004 and 2012, the country created new conservation areas, increased monitoring… · Shared by 71, including Bjorn Larsen, hernannadal, Philanthropy News Digest, Thomas Power, Charles Baldwin, Liliane Ferrari ™, The Indian Express, Yvette Dubel, Nando de Freitas 🏳️🌈
Forbes
The Encryption Debate Is Over - Dead At The Hands Of Facebook
3 min · · The sad reality of the encryption debate is that after 30 years it is finally over: dead at the hands of Facebook. · Shared by 95, including Jochen Burkhard, Yvette Dubel, Elena Neira, Fern, 瑞拿頭, Gerrit Eicker, Charles Baldwin, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Miguel, Luca Like, Chris {he, they} , Gianluca Diegoli
The New York Times
Jeffrey Epstein, Surrounded by Scientific Luminaries, Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA
8 min · · Mr. Epstein, the accused sex trafficker, was fascinated by eugenics. He told scientists and others of his vision of using his New Mexico ranch to impregnate women. · Shared by 78, including Jonathan Eisen, Ahmad Ragab, Mathew Ingram, The Indian Express, Charles Baldwin, Bjorn Larsen, Claudia Sommer, ❤️ Umair, Carly, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Hugh Howey
a16z
Hidden Networks: Network Effects That Don’t Look Like Network Effects
Summary · 12+ min · · Some network effects (when a network gains more value to its users as more people participate in its platform) don’t show up in the usual metrics. Their hidden nature makes them hard to measure – but they can confer significant long-term competitive advantages. In an insightful article for A16Z.com, D’Arcy Coolican – an Andreessen Horowitz partner and a co-founder of the peer-to-peer lending platform Frank – shines a light on hidden networks, giving useful guidelines for identifying when they’re at work. · Shared by 393, including getAbstract, rudolph regter, Chintan Shah, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Ricky Yean, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Gabriele, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Claudia Sommer, Bernhard Huessy, Bill Johnston, Niklaus Gerber, Dominik Grolimund, almagentia369, Jonathan Kogan, Yvette Dubel, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Liliane Ferrari ™, kp
The Verge
Plex makes piracy just another streaming service
8 min · · As streaming offerings become more expensive and convoluted, people are setting up their own smaller, more intimate platforms. · Shared by 66, including Mathew Ingram, trudy, Charles Baldwin, Tris Hussey
BBC News (World)
Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...
7 min · · There's a growing consensus that the next year-and-a-half are key in the battle against rising temperatures. · Shared by 133, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Charles Baldwin, Nils Hitze, Fabrizio Bianchi, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, 瑞拿頭, Liv 😷, Tauno, Sébastien Bonset, Klaus Eck, Amber Mac, Claudia Sommer, Niklaus Gerber, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz
The Cut
The Harvard Professor and the Paternity Trap
20+ min · · A law professor who teaches a class on judgment wouldn’t seem like an obvious mark, would he? · Shared by 101, including Mathew Ingram, Prof Sophie Scott CBE, Will Leitch, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Tiago Forte, Charles Baldwin, David Nagel
Julian Shapiro
Mental Model Examples
14+ min · · A blog post that makes mental models actionable. How do you rethink your life through the lens of mental models? · Shared by 173, including hiten.eth, Stu Collett, Yvette Dubel, Charles Baldwin, rudolph regter, designshard, Mario Clemente, Niklaus Gerber, Gabriele, Mark Kaigwa
The Guardian
'We're anti-influencer': Ice cream truck makes Instagram 'stars' pay double
3 min · · Joe Nicchi has had enough of self-proclaimed ‘influencers wanting free cones for publicity. Now he’s the one going viral · Shared by 80, including Loubna Rais, Charles Baldwin, Rachel Botsman, Korben, Tom Bruehwiler, Oliver Raduner, Adam Tinworth, Josep M. Ganyet